29 Nov

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the bldg. 51 archive acquired some glass negatives taken by or for the chicago tunnel and/or illinois tunnel company (the latter took over construction and operations beginning in 1905). the work was subcontracted out to the illinois telephone construction...

27 Nov

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schoenhofen brewing company administration building (1886, adolph cudell, architect) and powerhouse (1902, schmidt, garden, and martin). detail of the schoenhofen building's exterior terra cotta ornament fabricated by the northwestern terra cotta company. the administration building was designed by adolph cudell. note the six-pointed brewers's star surrounded...

24 Nov

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  four original red slip-glazed gothic style exterior terra cotta fence segments salvaged from northwestern terra cotta executive henry rokham's house (1887) in the 1980s, joined the bldg. 51 museum collection of historically important terra cotta earlier this month. rokham's victorian-era home was designed by architect...

15 Nov

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photographic study of claude bragdon-designed exterior polychromatic ornament on the three-and-a-half story bevier memorial building (1910), located at the corner of spring and s. washington streets, rochester, ny. bragdon designed the building in 1908 as a classroom and lecture space for the rochester athenaeum &...

12 Nov

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flying to pieces. hermann v von holst's southside chicago massive comed substation (also known as the gaitan building, 1924) is standing, but the degree of deterioration since i've been documenting it (beginning in 2018) is very alarming. moisture penetration deeply embedded in exterior walls has caused the...

09 Nov

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exterior and interior images of claude bragdon's distinctive ornament found throughout his chamber of commerce building (1916-17), located at st. paul street, rochester, ny. the building was not only one of bragdon's last major commissions in rochester, but also led to a falling out with...

08 Nov

Posted at 16:44h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

exterior images of claude bragdon's two-story ymca maplewood branch building (1916), located at 25 driving park avenue, rochester, ny. the glazed polychromatic terra cotta (colors specified by bragdon), was executed by the atlantic terra cotta company, perth amboy, nj. ...

06 Nov

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exterior photographic survey of harvey ellis's grace episcopal church (1885), located at 9 browns avenue, scottsville, ny. ellis's brother charles, and the boston-based firm of rotch and tilden were also in involved in the building's construction. i found it be a rather unusual, but charming little church...

03 Nov

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masterpiece. exterior images of henry h. richardson's allegheny county courthouse (1883-1888), located at 436 grant street, pittsburgh, pa. the four-story building, with five story tower, interior courtyard, and prison connected by the "bridge of sighs," was erected by the norcross brothers (richardson's contractor of choice)...

31 Oct

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a partially completed exterior photographic survey of claude bragdon's italian presbyterian church (1914), located at 774 west broad street, rochester, ny. the church was completed around the time bragdon's published his seminal book entitled "projective ornament."  the sgraffito pamel surrouning the main entrance was also executed...

19 Oct

Posted at 16:49h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

multiple frank lloyd wright-designed red painted cast iron mullion fragments removed from the ground level windows on adler and sullivan's wainwright building (1891) were recently acquired by the bldg. 51 archive collection. the diminutive cast iron sections (fabricator not known) were salvaged from the building...

18 Oct

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when adler and sullivan's schiller building (1892) - later known as the garrick theater - was undergoing demolition in 1961 (a multitude of preservation groups and notable figures around the world vigorously protested and fought to save it from destruction months prior), a small number...

18 Oct

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photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's william winslow's residence (1894), located at 515 auvergne pl, river forest, ills. i've included my original foldout page of wright's winlow house, from architectural review, bates & guild company, 1900. the winslow brothers were chicago’s leading architectural manufacturers, producing...

13 Oct

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original diminutive carved bedford limestone block - salvaged by timothy j. samuelson and tim barton - from pond and pond's home for self-supporting women was donated to the bldg. 51 museum collection over the past week. the building was completed in 1908 and located at...

12 Oct

Posted at 16:40h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

images of fritz albert-designed polychromed terra cotta along the cavetto cornice and surrounding entrance of the egyptian lacquer mfg. company building (1926). the single-story egyptian-revival style factory - located at 3052 west carroll avenue, chicago, ills. – was built by the architectural firm of lockwood, greene...

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